‘Shabu’ shipment consignee detained at Senate

The Senate blue ribbon committee on Wednesday cited in contempt the “consignee on record” of the shipment of magnetic lifters suspected to have contained some P6.8 billion worth of “shabu” (crystal meth).

Sen. Richard Gordon, the committee chair, moved to cite Marina Signapan of SMYD Trading for contempt and ordered her detained at the Senate after he refused to believe her statement on who had paid her P180,000 to be the consignee on record.

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Signapan was the second witness to be cited for contempt by Gordon in connection with the controversial cargo.

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